Workshop EMpowering Rural Electrification The EU Framework for Access to Sustainable Energy Meeting Chair: Facilitator: 29th & 30th of September 2014 DAY 1 9h00 – 9h30 Registration of Participants 9h30 – 9h40 Official Welcome: Commissioner Piebalgs 9h40 – 9h50 Expected impacts of SE4All in Africa: Kandeh Yumkella UN under Secretary general and Special Representative UN-SE4All 9h50 – 10h10 The need for adapted innovative financial tools to support SE4All in Africa: Dr. Roberto Ridolfi - Director for Sustainable Growth and Development at DG Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid Tea & Coffee Break and photo 10h10 – 10h40 Setting the Scene 10h40 – 13h00 Lunch Presentation of a successful business model for rural electrification in Africa– ingredients for success and lessons learned: Caroline Nijland, FRES/ARE Board Member. Financing mini-grids investments in Africa: expectations and challenges: Steven Hunt, DFID; coordinator of SE4All HIO Minigrid rep. Private business and international organizations: Siemens experience in the frame of SE4All: Torsten Wetzel, Head of Business Development-Siemens Energy Sector ARE 'Risk assessment' study: Key recommendations: Bernard H. Wagemann; Director Centre of Corporate Management/University Neu-Ulm Workshop EMpowering Rural Electrification The EU Framework for Access to Sustainable Energy Meeting Chair: Facilitator: 13h00 – 14h00 State of play of the European Commissions' actions in the energy sector in Africa: DEVCO representative (TBC) 14h00 – 14h20 Presentation of a new financial support mechanism for rural electrification investments in Africa: Marc Buiting; expert, FMO 14h20 – 14h40 14h40 – 15h30 Roundtable on rural electrification financing: Panelists: UNEP, Dean Cooper - Head, Energy Finance Unit IRENA, Frank Wouters - Deputy Director-General of IRENA (alternative: Gauri Singh, Director of Country Support and Partnerships (CSP) EUEI PDF, Mike Enskat – Programme Manager (alternative: David Otieno or Michael Franz, Programme Managers) South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), Johan Van Den Berg – CEO Gogla, Koen Peters – Secretary General World Bank Climate Change Group, Yann Tanvez (analyst) EIB, Eugene Howard AFDB, Daniel Schroth Moderator: TBC Q&A Conclusion of first day: Dr. Roberto Ridolfi 15h30 – 16h30 16h30 – 17h00 Preparation and organisation of Breakout Sessions for the nextcoming day. Cocktail reception (venue TBC) 17h00 – 17h15 17h30 Workshop EMpowering Rural Electrification The EU Framework for Access to Sustainable Energy Meeting Chair: Facilitator: DAY 2 8h30-9h00 Registration 9h00 – 9h15 Recap on day one discussions 9h15 – 11h15 4 PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Parallel Break-out Session 1: Civil society role to guarantee socially viable rural electrification projects: Panelists: Practical Action, Aaron Leopold (chair) - Global Energy Advocate - KITE Ghana, Ishmael Edjekumhene - CEO - Joint Research Centre (JRC), person to be identified - Strathmore University, Kenya, person to be identified WWF (Jean-Philippe Denruyter, Manager Global Renewable Energy Policy) Parallel Break-out Session 2: Rural electrification as emerging business (Chair: Ernesto Macias, President, ARE): Panelists: - Xavier Vallve (TTA, Spain) : Potential and challenges in the field of concessions -Tobias Zwirner (Phaesun, Germany): Issues related to distribution, retail and microfinancing -Paul Nkumbula (Kafita Minigrid project, Acting Project Coordinator) - KXN Nigeria/AREA, Anthony Ighodaro Parallel Break-out Session 3: Financial engineering of the proposed financial mechanism: Chair: Jan Rixen (EDFI) - Speaker 1: Pros and cons of provision of subordinated debt Workshop EMpowering Rural Electrification The EU Framework for Access to Sustainable Energy Meeting Chair: Facilitator: - for rural electrification business models Speaker2: Legal aspects regarding the conversion of a grant into subordinated debt Speaker3: Management, organization and project assessment under the new financing facility Speaker4: Support role of the EC SE4ALL facilities established for Africa Parallel Break-out Session 4: Conducive regulatory framework to secure a sound implementation of the business model Panelists: Co-chair: Guilherme Collares (EDP) and JP Kedi (ARSEL Cameroon) GDF Suez – Jerome Broutin Inensus (Nico Peterschmidt, MD) 11h15 – 11h45 Wrap up of the Break-out Sessions and presentation to plenary (and simultaneously tea & coffee break) 11h45 – 12h00 Conclusion: Dr. Roberto Ridolfi 12h00 – 12h15 Closing Remarks (TBC) DG Fernando Frutuoso de Melo or DDG Klaus Rudischhauser, European Commission. 12h30 Lunch
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